Latest National Security Jobs

Expression of Interest: Next-generation Agentic Controls and Forensics (Technical Roles)

This role involves developing technical frameworks for agentic incident response, controls, and forensics in advanced AI systems. You'll work on scalable approaches to monitor, detect, and respond to risks from next-generation AI agents, leveraging pre-release access to frontier models and compute resources. The position offers high autonomy, collaboration with global AI experts, and direct influence on AI governance and security policy.

AI Security Institute London, United Kingdom £65,000 – £145,000 pa

Software Engineer - Core Technology

This role involves developing and maintaining research-oriented software and infrastructure for evaluating frontier AI models, contributing to open-source projects like Inspect, and supporting high-impact research with real-world governance implications. Engineers work closely with world-class researchers and technical leads, building scalable systems for AI evaluation, model hosting, and agentic testing in a mission-driven environment. The role emphasizes technical excellence, collaboration, and autonomy in solving novel problems at the intersection of AI and security.

AI Security Institute London, United Kingdom £65,000 – £145,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

AI Engineer - DV Cleared

This role involves developing and deploying advanced AI and machine learning solutions within secure, high-impact national security programmes. The engineer will work with cutting-edge technologies including Palantir Foundry, Gotham, and AIP, alongside cloud platforms, to solve complex technical challenges. The position operates in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment with a focus on data engineering, integration, and modelling in a DV-cleared setting.

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler Admiralty Arch, London, United Kingdom £80,000 – £100,000 pa

Data Scientist (Sovereign Territory Surveillance)

The Data Scientist role at SRT Marine Systems involves developing and evaluating ML models for maritime and security-based problems, such as detection, classification, and anomaly detection in time series and image/video data. You will collaborate with developers and engineers to integrate these models into user-facing features and build scalable data pipelines.

SRT Marine Systems PLC Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom £55,000 – £85,000 pa

Staff Technical Product Manager

This role involves leading the product development of AI-powered tools for defense and national security workflows within Scale AI’s Global Public Sector team. The individual will define technical roadmaps, collaborate closely with engineering and machine learning teams, and shape products used by allied government and defense entities. The position requires deep technical expertise, hands-on prototyping, and the ability to operate in high-compliance environments such as air-gapped or classified systems.

Scale AI United Kingdom

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

Systems Engineer - Radar

As a Systems Engineer, you will work on the G1X radar, a cutting-edge software-defined radar, supporting bid activities, requirements management, radar performance analysis, algorithm development, and system design. You will collaborate with a team of experts, travel within the UK and abroad, and contribute to the continuous improvement and growth of radar and sensor systems.

Saab Fareham, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

Software Applications Engineer

This role involves designing and implementing software solutions for underwater robotics, focusing on the next generation of underwater vehicles. Responsibilities include developing new software, supporting existing codebases, and working with a range of technologies including C++, control software, and web technologies.

Saab Fareham, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

Senior Research Scientist - AI Safety

This role involves leading high-impact AI safety research, focusing on red teaming and evaluations for frontier models in high-risk domains such as cybersecurity and national security. The scientist will drive technical research from concept to publication, shape safety strategies, and support real-world deployment of responsible AI systems through collaboration with government and commercial partners.

Faculty AI London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Customer Director (Maritime)

Leads the creation and growth of a dedicated unit focused on AI and data-driven solutions for maritime defence clients, including the Royal Navy and NATO/AUKUS. Builds strategic relationships with senior stakeholders, drives high-value sales, and oversees delivery of transformative technology projects. Combines deep maritime domain expertise with commercial leadership to scale a new sub-business within the defence portfolio.

Faculty AI London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Senior Data Scientist (Safety)

Lead high-impact AI safety projects by designing novel evaluation frameworks and robust software architectures for frontier AI labs. Mentor technical team members, ensure scientific rigor, and contribute to thought leadership through research and open-source contributions. Work at the intersection of national security and cutting-edge AI to advance responsible deployment.

Faculty London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Research Scientist

This role involves conducting original research in AI safety, focusing on interpretability and behavioral analysis of transformer-based large language models. You'll design and run experiments, develop reproducible research tooling in Python with PyTorch, and translate technical findings for government, frontier labs, and national security partners. The position emphasizes scientific rigor, collaboration with senior researchers, and contributing to emerging AI safety standards.

Faculty London, United Kingdom

Permanent

National Alliances Manager UK , GBR)

This role focuses on building and managing strategic partnerships with Global System Integrators (GSIs) across Northern Europe to expand CrowdStrike’s market reach. The manager will develop joint go-to-market strategies, drive technical enablement, and align sales and marketing efforts to grow GSI-influenced and GSI-originated opportunities. The position acts as the primary liaison between CrowdStrike and key partners, ensuring integration into their security practices and client delivery frameworks.

CrowdStrike United Kingdom

Remote Permanent

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Staff Security Engineer

This role involves leading endpoint and identity security systems within Wayve's internal platform (SPINE), deploying security tooling and automation, and closing systemic security gaps using data-driven improvements. The engineer will provide technical leadership, mentorship, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align security with compliance and policy. The position emphasizes infrastructure-as-code, scripting, and proactive security engineering in a fast-paced AI-driven environment.

Wayve London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Senior Security Engineer (AI Safety), London, Lausanne

This role involves securing AI-first drug discovery platforms by designing risk frameworks, protecting ML model artifacts, and implementing security controls across distributed training and inference systems. The engineer will lead AI-specific incident response, develop guardrails for LLMs and autonomous agents, and ensure compliance with global regulations like the EU AI Act. Close collaboration with ML researchers and platform teams is essential to embed security into the full AI lifecycle while advancing AI safety standards.

Isomorphic Labs United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Applied AI Security Architect

This role involves serving as a technical security expert for Anthropic’s enterprise customers in highly regulated industries across EMEA. You will lead security and compliance discussions with CISOs and technical leaders, focusing on GDPR, EU AI Act, DORA, and NIS2 compliance, while guiding the secure deployment of Claude. The position requires deep knowledge of enterprise security architecture, data protection, and regulatory frameworks, with a strong emphasis on pre-sales technical engagement and shaping customer trust in AI systems.

Anthropic London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent